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केरलराज्यस्य विश्वविद्यालये संस्कृतविकि-कार्यशाला

अत्र संस्कृतपाठ्यं वर्धयितुं काचित् योजना वर्तते। केरलराज्ये कश्चन महाविद्यालयः अस्ति, तत्र शैक्षणकिकार्यक्रमस्य भागत्वेन संशोधकच्छात्राणां सम्मुखं विकिपीडिया-जालस्य उपस्थापनं कृत्वा तैः विद्यार्थिभिः संस्कृतविकिपीडिया-जाले सम्पादनं कारयामः इति चिन्तनम्। हिन्दी-उर्दू-मलयालम-भाषाः अपि तत्र सन्ति। अस्माकं समुदायस्य प्रतिनिधित्वेन तैः मम नाम उल्लिखतम् अस्ति। एतस्मिन् सन्दर्भे स्वविचारान् अत्र उपस्थापयन्तु कृपया। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ११:३४, १ अक्तूबर २०१६ (UTC)

समर्थनम्

• Y -- SanskritLove (चर्चा) ११:४८, १ अक्तूबर २०१६ (UTC)
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• Y -- Siddharthdhodapkar (चर्चा)--Siddharthdhodapkar (चर्चा) ०७:३२, १६ नवम्बर २०१६ (UTC)

Creative Commons 4.0

Hello! I'm writing from the Wikimedia Foundation to invite you to give your feedback on a proposed move from CC BY-SA 3.0 to a CC BY-SA 4.0 license across all Wikimedia projects. The consultation will run from October 5 to November 8, and we hope to receive a wide range of viewpoints and opinions. Please, if you are interested, take part in the discussion on Meta-Wiki.

Apologies that this message is only in English. This message can be read and translated in more languages here. Joe Sutherland (talk) ०१:३५, ६ अक्तूबर २०१६ (UTC)

Editing news n.3-2016

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Did you know?

Did you know that you can easily re-arrange columns and rows in the visual editor?

Select a cell in the column or row that you want to move. Click the arrow at the start of that row or column to open the dropdown menu (shown). Choose either "Move before" or "Move after" to move the column, or "Move above" or "Move below" to move the row.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has mainly worked on a new wikitext editor. They have also released some small features and the new map editing tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the list of work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, releasing the 2017 wikitext editor as a beta feature, and improving language support.

Recent changes

• You can now set text as small or big.[१]
• Invisible templates have been shown as a puzzle icon. Now, the name of the invisible template is displayed next to the puzzle icon.[२] A similar feature will display the first part of hidden HTML comments.[३]
• Categories are displayed at the bottom of each page. If you click on the categories, the dialog for editing categories will open.[४]
• At many wikis, you can now add maps to pages. Go to the Insert menu and choose the "Maps" item. The Discovery department is adding more features to this area, like geoshapes. You can read more at mediawiki.org.[५]
• The "Save" button now says "Save page" when you create a page, and "Save changes" when you change an existing page.[६] In the future, the "पृष्ठं रक्ष्यताम्" button will say "पृष्ठं प्रकाश्यताम्". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta.
• Image galleries now use a visual mode for editing. You can see thumbnails of the images, add new files, remove unwanted images, rearrange the images by dragging and dropping, and add captions for each image. Use the "Options" tab to set the gallery's display mode, image sizes, and add a title for the gallery.[७]

Future changes

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining 10 "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next month. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. This will affect several languages, including Thai, Burmese and Aramaic.

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. The 2017 wikitext editor will look like the visual editor and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices in October 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list.

Let's work together

• Do you teach new editors how to use the visual editor? Did you help set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki? Have you written or imported TemplateData for your most important citation templates? Would you be willing to help new editors and small communities with the visual editor? Please sign up for the new VisualEditor Community Taskforce.

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New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (November 2016)

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The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for free, full-access, accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials from:

• Foreign Affairs - Journal of international relations and U.S. foreign policy
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Expansions

• EBSCO - Many new databases added
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Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page. Sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team १८:३०, १ नवम्बर २०१६ (UTC)

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Password reset

I apologise that this message is in English. ⧼Centralnotice-shared-help-translate⧽

We are having a problem with attackers taking over wiki accounts with privileged user rights (for example, admins, bureaucrats, oversighters, checkusers). It appears that this may be because of weak or reused passwords.

Community members are working along with members of multiple teams at the Wikimedia Foundation to address this issue.

In the meantime, we ask that everyone takes a look at the passwords they have chosen for their wiki accounts. If you know that you've chosen a weak password, or if you've chosen a password that you are using somewhere else, please change those passwords.

Select strong passwords – eight or more characters long, and containing letters, numbers, and punctuation. Joe Sutherland (सम्भाषणम्) / MediaWiki message delivery (चर्चा) २३:५९, १३ नवम्बर २०१६ (UTC)

Adding to the above section (Password reset)

Please accept my apologies - that first line should read "Help with translations!". Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) / MediaWiki message delivery (चर्चा) ००:११, १४ नवम्बर २०१६ (UTC)

New way to edit wikitext

Summary: There's a new opt-in Beta Feature of a wikitext mode for the visual editor. Please go try it out.

We in the Wikimedia Foundation's Editing department are responsible for making editing better for all our editors, new and experienced alike. We've been slowly improving the visual editor based on feedback, user tests, and feature requests. However, that doesn't work for all our user needs: whether you need to edit a wikitext talk page, create a template, or fix some broken reference syntax, sometimes you need to use wikitext, and many experienced editors prefer it.

Consequently, we've planned a "wikitext mode" for the visual editor for a long time. It provides as much of the visual editor's features as possible, for those times that you need or want wikitext. It has the same user interface as the visual editor, including the same toolbar across the top with the same buttons. It provides access to the citoid service for formatting citations, integrated search options for inserting images, and the ability to add new templates in a simple dialog. Like in the visual editor, if you paste in formatted text copied from another page, then formatting (such as bolding) will automatically be converted into wikitext.

All wikis now have access to this mode as a Beta Feature. When enabled, it replaces your existing wikitext editor everywhere. If you don't like it, you can reverse this at any time by turning off the Beta Feature in your preferences. We don't want to surprise anyone, so it's strictly an opt-in-only Beta Feature. It won't switch on automatically for anyone, even if you have previously checked the box to "सर्वाः उपान्त्यसुविधाः स्वचालिततया सक्रियाः करोतु".

The new wikitext edit mode is based on the visual editor, so it requires JavaScript (as does the current wikitext editor). It doesn't work with gadgets that have only been designed for the older one (and vice versa), so some users will miss gadgets they find important. We're happy to work with gadget authors to help them update their code to work with both editors. We're not planning to get rid of the current main wikitext editor on desktop in the foreseeable future. We're also not going to remove the existing ability to edit plain wikitext without JavaScript. Finally, though it should go without saying, if you prefer to continue using the current wikitext editor, then you may so do.

This is an early version, and we'd love to know what you think so we can make it better. Please leave feedback about the new mode on the feedback page. You may write comments in any language. Thank you.

James Forrester (Product Manager, Editing department, Wikimedia Foundation) --१९:३२, १४ दिसम्बर २०१६ (UTC)

Review of initial updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process

Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. Message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

The Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. For 15 years, Wikimedians have worked together to build the largest free knowledge resource in human history. During this time, we've grown from a small group of editors to a diverse network of editors, developers, affiliates, readers, donors, and partners. Today, we are more than a group of websites. We are a movement rooted in values and a powerful vision: all knowledge for all people. As a movement, we have an opportunity to decide where we go from here.

This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve. We hope to design an inclusive process that makes space for everyone: editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, donors, technology platforms, institutional partners, and people we have yet to reach. There will be multiple ways to participate including on-wiki, in private spaces, and in-person meetings. You are warmly invited to join and make your voice heard.

The immediate goal is to have a strategic direction by Wikimania 2017 to help frame a discussion on how we work together toward that strategic direction.

Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Beginning with this message, monthly reviews of these updates will be sent to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

Here is a review of the updates that have been sent so far:

• Update 1 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (15 December 2016)
  • Introduction to process and information about budget spending resolution to support it
• Update 2 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (23 December 2016)
  • Start of search for Lead Architect for movement strategy process
• Update 3 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (8 January 2017)
  • Plans for strategy sessions at upcoming Wikimedia Conference 2017
• Update 4 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (11 January 2017)
  • Introduction of williamsworks
• Update 5 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 February 2017)
  • The core movement strategy team, team tracks being developed, introduction of the Community Process Steering Committee, discussions at WikiIndaba conference 2017 and the Wikimedia movement affiliates executive directors gathering in Switzerland
• Update 6 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (10 February 2017)
  • Tracks A & B process prototypes and providing feedback, updates on development of all four Tracks

More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, २०:३१, १५ फरवरी २०१७ (UTC) • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें • Get help

संयोजयितुं लेखः

नमः सर्वेभ्यः, एतत् पृष्ठं संयोजयितुं प्रस्तावितम्। कृपया स्वमतं ददातु। अस्तु। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०७:५७, २६ फरवरी २०१७ (UTC)

मुखपृष्ठस्य कृते परामर्शाः

नमः सर्वेभ्यः... अस्माभिः बहुपूर्वमेव मुखपृष्ठस्य परिष्काराय चिन्तितम् आसीत्। परन्तु अद्य सः अवसरः सम्प्राप्तः। मया https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/मुख्यपृष्ठम् अत्र परिवर्तनानि कृतानि सन्ति। अतः अनुकूलतां दृष्ट्वा मुखपृष्ठस्य विषये स्वपरामर्शान् यच्छन्तु। मन्त्रफलकम् इत्यादि यथाशीघ्रं भविष्यति। तद्विहाय यत्किमपि अस्ति चेत् सूचयतु। अस्तु। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०५:४३, ६ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

Overview #2 of updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process

Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

As we mentioned last month, the Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve.

Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Each month, we are sending overviews of these updates to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

Here is a overview of the updates that have been sent since our message last month:

• Update 7 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (16 February 2017)
  • Development of documentation for Tracks A & B
• Update 8 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (24 February 2017)
  • Introduction of Track Leads for all four audience tracks
• Update 9 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 March 2017)
  • Seeking feedback on documents being used to help facilitate upcoming community discussions

More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, १९:४४, ९ मार्च २०१७ (UTC) • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें • Get help

IST समयवलयस्य स्थापनम्

नमः सर्वेभ्यः अस्माकं प्रकल्पे भारतीयकालमानस्य आवश्यकतात्वात् मया अत्र मत्कुणः स्थापितः अस्ति। कृपया स्वमतं अत्र दत्त्वा एतस्य कार्यस्य पूर्णतायै योगदानं ददातु। अस्तु। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०७:२९, १५ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

मैं संस्कृत नहीं में दक्षता नहीं रखता अतः हिन्दी में मेरा प्रश्न कर रहा हूँ। Nehal जी, आप ऐसा क्यों चाहते हैं? क्या आप चाहते हैं कि भारत के बाहर का कोई व्यक्ति संस्कृत विकिपीडिया को सम्पादित न करे? क्या आप चाहते हैं कि यह प्रकल्प केवल व्यक्तिगत विकि की तरह कार्य करे?☆★संजीव कुमार: (✉✉) १९:१६, १५ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

अत्र विषयः व्यक्तिगतः नास्ति। संस्कृतविकिपीडिया-जाले भारतीयकालवलयस्य (IST) आवश्यकता अस्ति। वयं तु उभयम् अपि इच्छामः। भारतीयकालवलयेन सह अन्ताराष्ट्रियकालवलयः (UTC) अपि चेत्, अस्माकं कृते तु उत्तमम्। परन्तु यदा फलकम्:LocalTime इत्यस्य उपयोगं कुर्मः, तदा स्थानीयः कालः प्रदर्शयेदेव। एवं वयं यत्र भारतीयकालवलयस्य आवश्यकता अस्ति, तत्र तस्य उपयोगं कर्तुं शक्नुमः। अस्तु। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०३:५०, १६ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

संस्कृतविकिपीडिया-जाले भारतीयकालवलयस्य (IST) आवश्यकता अस्ति। क्या आवश्यकता है ? थोड़ा विस्तार से बतायेंगे ?--SM7^--talk-- ०६:४८, १७ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

भारतीयकालवलयस्य मुखपृष्ठे, परियोजनासु, सम्पादनोत्सवेषु च प्रयोगः करणीयः अस्ति। यथा UTC इत्यस्य प्रचलम् अस्ति, तथैव IST इत्यस्य प्रचलनं किमर्थं न भवेत्? यदि UTC एवं पर्याप्तम् अभविष्यत्, तर्हि IST इत्यस्य कावश्यकता? भारतीयकालवलयस्य उपयोगः भारते तु भवेत् खलु! ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०७:५६, १७ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

क्या यह परियोजना केवल भारत के लिए है? और आप उत्तर देने के बजाय प्रश्न पूछ रहे हैं। आवश्यकता स्पष्ट करें, जिसे आधार बना कर आप यह बदलाव करना चाहते हैं। --SM7^--talk-- ०८:०५, १७ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

आवश्यकता अर्थात् जहाँ भी (परियोजना, सम्पादनोत्सवः, गोष्ठीसमयः, कार्यशालासमयः, मुखपृष्ठसमयः, चर्चायां उल्लेखः इत्यादिषु) कोई भी संस्कृत विकिपीडिया का व्यक्ति भारतीय काल वलय का उपयोग करना चाहें करें ऐसी व्यवस्था करना। जैसे UTC के उपयोग में स्वतन्त्रता है वैसे ही IST के उपयोग में भी स्वतन्त्रता हो। ऐसा नहीं कि केवल UTC का ही उपयोग कर सकते हैं। हमें हो सके तो दोनों वलय (UTC, IST) चाहिये। परन्तु यदि दोनों में से एक ही हो सकता है, तो भारतीयकालवलय ही चाहिये। उक्त आवश्यकता के कारण। क्या भारत में ही सम्पादन होगा या क्या ये व्यक्तिगत जाल है या क्या संस्कृत भारत के बाहर नहीं हैं इत्यादि प्रश्नों का उत्तर यह है कि, वैश्विकस्तर का तर्क दे कर स्थानीयकरण की अवगणना नहीं की जा सकती। विकिपीडिया वैश्विक जालस्थान है परन्तु अधिकप्रयोक्ता भारतीयकालवलय का ही प्रयोग करते हैं। जैसे UTC जिनको नहीं आता वें उसके अनुपात में स्थानीय समय निर्धारित करते हैं। वैसे ही स्थानीय समय को देख कर UTC समय का ज्ञान भी हो सकता है। बहार से आने वाले 5 लोगों की सुविधा के लिये स्थानीय 95 लोगों की अवगणना नहीं की जा सकती। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ १०:०२, १७ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

नेहल जी, दोनों समय प्रदर्शित करने की व्यवस्था पहले से मौजूद है और २-३ वर्ष पहले मैंने हिन्दी विकिपीडिया पर इसको काम में लिया है। आप उसके लिए प्रयास किजिये। पूरा समय बदलवाना सही नहीं लगता।☆★संजीव कुमार: (✉✉) १९:०३, १७ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

मैं एक बालक जैसा हूँ जो वस्तु चाहिये वो चाहिये ही। परन्तु ये बालक इतना समझता है कि, यदि दो वस्तुएं मिलती हो, तो एक वस्तु की मांग नहीं करनी चाहिये। यदि दोनों हो रहे हैं, तो मैं ये आवेदन वापस ले लूंगा। परन्तु कृपया आप मार्गदर्शन करें कि, ये दोनों कालवलयों का संस्कृत में उपयोग कैसे किया जा सकता है। यदि आपके इस भगीरथ कार्य में प्रबन्धक के रूप में मैं कुछ सहायता कर सकूँ या सम्पूर्ण कार्य में कर सकूँ तो मुझे आनन्द होगा। अस्तु। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०३:२९, १८ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

आप प्रबन्धक हैं। अपनी बालत्व की भावना और अभीप्साओं को लागू कराने मात्र के लिए "आवश्यकतायें" न निर्मित करें। --SM7^--talk-- ०८:०३, १८ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

आवश्यकता है अतः लागू करना है। परन्तु यदि दोनों हो जाता है तो और अच्छा होगा। जब जिसकी आवश्यकता हुई उपयोग कर लिया करेंगे। अभीप्सा से आवश्यकता का जन्म नहीं होता। आवश्यकता होती है, तो उसे पूर्ण करने की अभीप्सा जन्म लेती है। अन्तिम फल IST के उपयोग की स्वतन्त्रता हो। अस्तु। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ११:२०, १८ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

नेहल जी, आप यहाँ देखो, मुझे और SM7 जी (हालांकि हम यहाँ सक्रिय नहीं हैं) को इसकी आवश्यकता महसूस नहीं होती बल्कि आपको महसूस हो रही है। हम तीनों लोग एक ही समयक्षेत्र के लोग हैं अतः आपको भी अपने निर्णय पर पुनः विचार करना चाहिए। जैसा SM7 जी ने कहा, मुझे भी यह एक जल्दबाजी और बचपने वाला कार्य प्रतीत हो रहा है। भाषा को अपने समयक्षेत्र में समेटने का प्रयास न करें।☆★संजीव कुमार: (✉✉) १३:४०, १९ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

दीर्घ चर्चा हो गई, आवश्यकता और अनावश्यकता की। अब जब दोनों (IST - UTC) हो ही रहा है, तो सब सही होगा। कृपया आप बताएँ दोनों वलयों को संस्कृत विकिपीडिया पर लागू कैसे कर सकता हूँ? ये हो गया तो समझो समस्या का समधान भी हो गया। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ १४:०६, १९ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

मुझे यह नहीं समझ में आ रहा कि "समस्या" कहाँ है? यदि आप भारतीय समय देखना चाहते या कोई भी देखना चाहता तो अपने Preferences में यह चुन सकता है। यह पहले से ही उपलब्ध है। क्या आप इसका उपयोग नहीं कर पा रहे? और जहाँ तक आवश्यकता की बात है आप अभी तक कोई स्पष्ट आवश्यकता नहीं बता रहे। --SM7^--talk-- १८:३८, १९ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

आप दोनों बात को कहाँ ले जाना चाहते हैं मैं समझ नहीं पा रहा हूँ। इष्टतमानि में जो काल है उसकी बात है ही नहीं। ०२:५५ के उपयोग करने पर भी स्थानीय समय अर्थात् भारतीय समय दिख नहीं रहा इसके विषय में बात हो रही है। यदि इस कोड (०२:५५) का उपयोग करने से भारतीय काल दिखे या किसी अन्य कोड का उपयोग करने से भारतीय काल दिखे ये चाहिये। इस में बात लम्बी लम्बी खिचना नहीं है। आवश्यकता, अनावश्यकता इत्यादि बार बार इङ्गित करने से अावश्यकता अनावश्यकता में परिवर्तित नहीं हो जायेगी। अब फिर से में सिधा सरल कह रहा हूँ - {{LOCALTIME}} ये उपयोग करने से भारतीय काल दिखे या ऐसा कोई दुसरा {{INDIANTIME}} कोड उपयोग करने से भारतीय काल दिखे ऐसा कोई मार्ग है तो बताईए। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ १२:४५, २० मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

नेहल जी अभी क्या स्थिति है ? आपकी समस्या का निवारण हुआ या इस फैब टास्क को आप ज़ारी रखने वाले हैं ?--SM7^--talk-- १८:०७, २४ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

धन्यवाद महोदय समाधान हो गया है। अब उस फेब. कार्य को आगे नहीं ले जाया जायेगा। धन्यवाद। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०३:२०, २५ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

We invite you to join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15)

This message, "We invite you to join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15)", was sent through multiple channels by Gregory Varnum on 15 and 16 of March 2017 to village pumps, affiliate talk pages, movement mailing lists, and MassMessage groups. A similar message was sent by Nicole Ebber to organized groups and their mailing lists on 15 of March 2017. This version of the message is available for translation and documentation purposes

Dear Wikimedians/Wikipedians:

Today we are starting a broad discussion to define Wikimedia's future role in the world and develop a collaborative strategy to fulfill that role. You are warmly invited to join the conversation.

There are many ways to participate, by joining an existing conversation or starting your own:

Track A (organized groups): Discussions with your affiliate, committee or other organized group (these are groups that support the Wikimedia movement).

Track B (individual contributors): On Meta or your local language or project wiki.

This is the first of three conversations, and it will run between now and April 15. The purpose of cycle 1 is to discuss the future of the movement and generate major themes around potential directions. What do we want to build or achieve together over the next 15 years?

We welcome you, as we create this conversation together, and look forward to broad and diverse participation from all parts of our movement.

• Find out more about the movement strategy process
• Learn more about volunteering to be a Discussion Coordinator

Sincerely,

Nicole Ebber (Track A Lead), Jaime Anstee (Track B Lead), & the engagement support teams

०५:१०, १८ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

Please accept our apologies for cross-posting this message. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Elections.

The Board of Trustees (Board) is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long-term sustainability of the Wikimedia Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. More information about this role can be found on Meta-Wiki. Please read the letter from the Board of Trustees calling for candidates.

The candidacy submission phase will last from April 7 (00:00 UTC) to April 20 (23:59 UTC).

We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates from April 7 to April 20. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki.

Once the questions submission period has ended on April 20, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to beginning on April 21.

The goal of this process is to fill the three community-selected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The election results will be used by the Board itself to select its new members.

The full schedule for the Board elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.

• April 7 (00:00 UTC) – April 20 (23:59 UTC) – Board nominations
• April 7 – April 20 – Board candidates questions submission period
• April 21 – April 30 – Board candidates answer questions
• May 1 – May 14 – Board voting period
• May 15–19 – Board vote checking
• May 20 – Board result announcement goal

In addition to the Board elections, we will also soon be holding elections for the following roles:

• Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
  • There are five positions being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.

• Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson (Ombuds)
  • One position is being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.

Please note that this year the Board of Trustees elections will be held before the FDC and Ombuds elections. Candidates who are not elected to the Board are explicitly permitted and encouraged to submit themselves as candidates to the FDC or Ombuds positions after the results of the Board elections are announced.

More information on this year's elections can be found on Meta-Wiki. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the election talk page on Meta-Wiki, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-electionswikimedia.org.

On behalf of the Election Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation

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संस्कृतविकि-वि-पत्रस्य प्रबन्धनम्

नमः सर्वेभ्यः!wikisa-l@lists.wikimedia.org इत्यस्य वि-पत्रदलस्य प्रबन्धकत्वम् अहम् इच्छामि। यतो हि अनेन सर्वेभ्यः वि-पत्रं प्रेषयित्वा सामूहिकसूचनां प्रदातुं शक्नोमि। न केवलम् एतावत् वि-पत्रदलसम्बद्धानि अनेकानि कार्याणि सन्ति, यानि एतावता सं.वि-मध्ये न सन्ति। तस्य वास्तविकोपयोगः अपि अस्माकं समुदायस्य विकासाय सहायभूतः भवेत्। कृपया स्वनिवेदनानि यच्छन्तु। अस्तु। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०८:२९, ९ अप्रैल २०१७ (UTC)

Read-only mode for 20 to 30 minutes on 19 April and 3 May

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The Wikimedia Foundation will be testing its secondary data center in Dallas. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to conduct a planned test. This test will show whether they can reliably switch from one data center to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.

They will switch all traffic to the secondary data center on Wednesday, 19 April 2017. On Wednesday, 3 May 2017, they will switch back to the primary data center.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop during those two switches. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

• You will not be able to edit for approximately 20 to 30 minutes on Wednesday, 19 April and Wednesday, 3 May. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Thursday 20 April and Thursday 4 May).
• If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

• Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
• There will be code freezes for the weeks of 17 April 2017 and 1 May 2017. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.

This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. Please share this information with your community. /User:Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

MediaWiki message delivery (चर्चा) १७:३३, ११ अप्रैल २०१७ (UTC)

Wikidata description editing in the Wikipedia Android app

Wikidata description editing is a new experiment being rolled out on the Wikipedia app for Android. While this primarily impacts Wikidata, the changes are also addressing a concern about the mobile versions of Wikipedia, so that mobile users will be able to edit directly the descriptions shown under the title of the page and in the search results.

We began by rolling out this feature several weeks ago to a pilot group of Wikipedias (Russian, Hebrew, and Catalan), and have seen very positive results including numerous quality contributions in the form of new and updated descriptions, and a low rate of vandalism.

We are now ready for the next phase of rolling out this feature, which is to enable it in a few days for all Wikipedias except the top ten by usage within the app (i.e. except English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese, Turkish, and Chinese). We will enable the feature for those languages instead at some point in the future, as we closely monitor user engagement with our expanded set of pilot communities. As always, if have any concerns, please reach out to us on wiki at the talk page for this project or by email at reading@wikimedia.org. Thanks!

-DBrant (WMF) ०८:४१, १४ अप्रैल २०१७ (UTC)

New Page previews feature

New Page previews feature

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Hello,

The Reading web team at the Wikimedia Foundation has been working to enable Page previews, a beta feature known previously as Hovercards, as opt-in behavior for logged-in users and the default behavior for logged-out users across Wikipedia projects. Page previews provide a preview of any linked article, giving readers a quick understanding of a related article without leaving the current page. For this project, we are expecting to collect feedback over the following few weeks and tentatively enable the feature in early May, 2017.

A quick note on the implementation:

• For logged-in users who are not currently testing out the beta feature, Page previews will be off by default. Users may turn them on from their user preferences page.
• For logged-out users, the feature will be on by default. Users may disable it at any time by selecting the setting cog available in each preview.
• For users of the Navigation popups gadget, you will not be able to turn on the Page previews feature while using navigational popups. If you would like to try out the Page preview feature, make sure to first turn Navigation popups off prior to turning Page previews on.

You can read more about the feature and the tests we used to evaluate performance, try it out by enabling it from the beta features page, and leave feedback or questions on the talk page.

Thank you, MediaWiki message delivery (चर्चा) १६:५२, १९ अप्रैल २०१७ (UTC)

WikiProject Turkey 2017

Dear friends,

In an unfortunate turn of events, Wikipedia is currently blocked in Turkey, as can be seen from en: 2017 block of Wikipedia in Turkey

In order to express solidarity with the Turkish Wikipedia editors and readers, it is proposed that Indian Wikipedians write articles related to Turkey in their respective languages. Our message is clear — we are not motivated by any politics; we just want the Wikipedia to be unblocked in Turkey.

Participating members can create new articles on Turkish language, culture, political structure, religion, sports, etc. But the essential condition is that the articles should be related to Turkey.

Note: The normal Wikipedia rules also apply to all new articles. Wikipedia admins can facilitate other member contributions by creating project pages where users can list their newly written articles. --Hindustanilanguage (चर्चा) १९:३१, ३० अप्रैल २०१७ (UTC)

New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (May 2017)

Hello Wikimedians!

The TWL OWL says sign up today!

The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for free, full-access, accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials from:

• American Psychiatric Association – Psychiatry books and journals
• Bloomsbury – Who's Who, Drama Online, Berg Fashion Library, and Whitaker's
• Gaudeamus – Finnish humanities and social sciences
• Ympäristö-lehti – The Finnish Environment Institute's Ympäristö-lehti magazine

Expansions

• Gale – Biography In Context database added
• Adam Matthew – all 53 databases now available

Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including Project MUSE, EBSCO, Taylor & Francis and Newspaperarchive.com.

Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team १८:५२, २ मई २०१७ (UTC)

You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Aaron.

This message was delivered via the Global Mass Message tool to The Wikipedia Library Global Delivery List.

Voting has begun in 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2017 elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 1 to 23:59 UTC May 14. Click here to vote. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2017 Board of Trustees election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery • Translate • Get help

१९:१४, ३ मई २०१७ (UTC)

Beta Feature Two Column Edit Conflict View

From May 9, the Two Column Edit Conflict View will be available as a beta feature on all wikis. The Two Column Edit Conflict View is a new interface for the edit conflict resolution page. It highlights differences between the editor's and the conflicting changes to make it easy to copy and paste pieces of the text and resolve the conflict. The feature fulfils a request for a more user-friendly edit conflict resolution from the German Community’s Technical Wishlist. Everyone is invited to test the feature and we hope that it will serve you well!

Birgit Müller (WMDE) १४:४२, ८ मई २०१७ (UTC)

Editing News #1—2017

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Did you know?

Did you know that you can review your changes visually?

When you are finished editing the page, type your edit summary and then choose "अपने बदलाव की समीक्षा करें".

In visual mode, you will see additions, removals, new links, and formatting highlighted. Other changes, such as changing the size of an image, are described in notes on the side.

Click the toggle button to switch between visual and wikitext diffs.

The wikitext diff is the same diff tool that is used in the wikitext editors and in the page history. You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has spent most of their time supporting the 2017 wikitext editor mode which is available inside the visual editor as a Beta Feature, and adding the new visual diff tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, supporting the 2017 wikitext editor as a beta feature, and improving the visual diff tool.

Recent changes

• A new wikitext editing mode is available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices. The 2017 wikitext editor has the same toolbar as the visual editor and can use the citoid service and other modern tools. Go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures to enable the ⧼Visualeditor-preference-newwikitexteditor-label⧽.
• A new visual diff tool is available in VisualEditor's visual mode. You can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs. More features will be added to this later. In the future, this tool may be integrated into other MediaWiki components. [८]
• The team have added multi-column support for lists of footnotes. The <references /> block can automatically display long lists of references in columns on wide screens. This makes footnotes easier to read. You can request multi-column support for your wiki. [९]
• You can now use your web browser's function to switch typing direction in the new wikitext mode. This is particularly helpful for RTL language users like Urdu or Hebrew who have to write JavaScript or CSS. You can use Command+Shift+X or Control+Shift+X to trigger this. [१०]
• The way to switch between the visual editing mode and the wikitext editing mode is now consistent. There is a drop-down menu that shows the two options. This is now the same in desktop and mobile web editing, and inside things that embed editing, such as Flow. [११]
• The वर्गाः item has been moved to the top of the पृष्ठविकल्पाः menu (from clicking on the "hamburger" icon) for quicker access. [१२] There is also now a "Templates used on this page" feature there. [१३]
• You can now create <chem> tags (sometimes used as <ce>) for chemical formulas inside the visual editor. [१४]
• Tables can be set as collapsed or un-collapsed. [१५]
• The विशेष अक्षर menu now includes characters for Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics and angle quotation marks (‹› and ⟨⟩) . The team thanks the volunteer developer, Tpt. [१६]
• A bug caused some section edit conflicts to blank the rest of the page. This has been fixed. The team are sorry for the disruption. [१७]
• There is a new keyboard shortcut for citations: Control+Shift+K on a PC, or Command+Shift+K on a Mac. It is based on the keyboard shortcut for making links, which is Control+K or Command+K respectively. [१८]

Future changes

• The team is working on a syntax highlighting tool. It will highlight matching pairs of <ref> tags and other types of wikitext syntax. You will be able to turn it on and off. It will first become available in VisualEditor's built-in wikitext mode, maybe late in 2017. [१९]
• The kind of button used to प्राग्दृश्यं दृश्यताम्, परिवर्तनानि दृश्यन्ताम्, and finish an edit will change in all WMF-supported wikitext editors. The new buttons will use OOjs UI. The buttons will be larger, brighter, and easier to read. The labels will remain the same. You can test the new button by editing a page and adding &ooui=1 to the end of the URL, like this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Sandbox?action=edit&ooui=1 The old appearance will no longer be possible, even with local CSS changes. [२०]
• The outdated 2006 wikitext editor will be removed later this year. It is used by approximately 0.03% of active editors. See a list of editing tools on mediawiki.org if you are uncertain which one you use. [२१]
• If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. कृतज्ञतां निवेदयामि !

—Elitre (WMF)

१८:०५, १२ मई २०१७ (UTC)

Prototype for editing Wikidata infoboxes on Wikipedia

Hello,

I’m sorry for writing in English. It’d be great if someone could translate this message if necessary.

One of the most requested features for Wikidata is to enable editing of Wikidata’s data directly from Wikipedia, so the editors can continue their workflow without switching websites.

The Wikidata development team has been working on a tool to achieve this goal: fill and edit the Wikipedia infoboxes with information from Wikidata, directly on Wikipedia, via the Visual Editor.

We already asked for feedback in 2015, and collected some interesting ideas which we shared with you in this thesis. Now we would like to present to you our first prototype and collect your feedback, in order to improve and continue the development of this feature.

We present this work to you very early, so we can include your feedback before and all along the development. You are the core users of this feature, so we want to make sure that it fits your needs and editing processes.

You will find the prototype, description of the features, and a demo video, on this page. Feel free to add any comment or feedback on the talk page. The page is currently not translated in every languages, but you can add your contribution by helping to translate it.

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to follow all the discussions on Wikipedia, so if you want to be sure that your feedback is read, please add it on the Wikidata page, in your favorite language. Thanks for your understanding.

Thanks, Lea Lacroix (WMDE)

RevisionSlider

RevisionSlider will be available as a default feature for all users on all wikis from May 17. The RevisionSlider adds a slider view to the diff page so that you can easily move between revisions. The slider view is collapsed by default, and will load by clicking on it. It can also be turned off entirely in the user preferences. RevisionSlider has been a default feature on German, Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedia for 6 months and a beta feature on all wikis for 8 months. The feature fulfills a wish from the German Community’s Technical Wishlist. Thanks to everyone who tested RevisionSlider and gave valuable feedback to improve the feature! We hope that RevisionSlider will continue to serve you well in your work.

Birgit Müller (WMDE) १४:४४, १६ मई २०१७ (UTC)

Join the next cycle of Wikimedia movement strategy discussions (underway until June 12)

Message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki

The Wikimedia movement strategy core team and working groups have completed reviewing the more than 1800 thematic statements we received from the first discussion. They have identified 5 themes that were consistent across all the conversations - each with their own set of sub-themes. These are not the final themes, just an initial working draft of the core concepts.

You are invited to join the online and offline discussions taking place on these 5 themes. This round of discussions will take place between now and June 12th. You can discuss as many as you like; we ask you to participate in the ones that are most (or least) important to you.

Here are the five themes, each has a page on Meta-Wiki with more information about the theme and how to participate in that theme's discussion:

• Healthy, Inclusive Communities
• The Augmented Age
• A Truly Global Movement
• The Most Respected Source of Knowledge
• Engaging in the Knowledge Ecosystem

On the movement strategy portal on Meta-Wiki, you can find more information about each of these themes, their discussions, and how to participate.

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें • Get help

२१:०८, १६ मई २०१७ (UTC)

Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee elections

Translations of this message are available on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, we are pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee and Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson elections. Please read the letter from the Wikimedia Foundation calling for candidates at on the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation elections portal.

Funds Dissemination Committee
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC elections page.

Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson
The Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC Ombudsperson elections page.

The candidacy submission phase will last until May 28 (23:59 UTC).

We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates until May 28. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki. Once the questions submission period has ended on May 28, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to.

The goal of this process is to fill the five community-selected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee and the community-selected ombudsperson. The election results will be used by the Board itself to make the appointments.

The full schedule for the FDC elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.

• May 15 (00:00 UTC) – May 28 (23:59 UTC) – Nominations
• May 15 – May 28 – Candidates questions submission period
• May 29 – June 2 – Candidates answer questions
• June 3 – June 11 – Voting period
• June 12–14 – Vote checking
• June 15 – Goal date for announcing election results

More information on this year's elections can be found at the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation elections portal.

Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta-Wiki, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-electionswikimedia.org.

On behalf of the Election Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery • Translate • Get help

२१:०५, २३ मई २०१७ (UTC)

सामाजिकमञ्चे संस्कृतलेखवितरणोपकरणम्

नमः सर्वेभ्यः, बहवः लेखाः सामाजिकमञ्चे वितीर्य वयं संस्कृतविकिपीडिया-जालस्य प्रचारं कर्तुं शक्नुमः। प्रबन्धकस्तरे तु प्रचारकार्यं जायमानम् अस्ति। परन्तु यदि सामान्यसदस्यस्तरे अपि एतत् भवेत्, तर्हि प्रचारकार्ये वेगः वर्धेत। अतः प्रचारं कर्तुं लेखवितरणोपकरणस्य स्थापनायै मे प्रस्तावः अस्ति। कृपया स्वमतं ददातु। उपकरणं तादृशं भविष्यति, यदा कोऽपि सदस्यः लेखं प्रति गच्छति, तदा सः उपरि सामाजिकसंस्थानां चिह्नानि द्रष्टुं शक्नोति, येभ्यः सः तं लेखं वितरितुं शक्नुयात्। एतादृशं हिन्दीविकिपीडियाजाले अपि कृतम् अस्ति। तत्र गत्वापि परिशीलयितुं शक्नुन्ति। अस्तु। ॐNehalDaveND^•✉•✎ 03:11, 13 जून 2017 (UTC)

Accessible editing buttons

The MediaWiki developers have been slowly improving the accessibility of the user interface. The next step in this transition will change the appearance of some buttons and may break some outdated (non-updated or unmaintained) user scripts and gadgets.

You can see and use the old and new versions now. Most editors will only notice that some buttons are slightly larger and have different colors.

• Comparison of old and new styles
• 
  Buttons before the change
• 
  Buttons after the change

However, this change also affects some user scripts and gadgets. Unfortunately, some of them may not work well in the new system. If you maintain any user scripts or gadgets that are used for editing, please see mw:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons for information on how to test and fix your scripts. Outdated scripts can be tested and fixed now.

This change will probably reach this wiki on Tuesday, 18 July 2017. Please leave a note at mw:Talk:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons if you need help.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) २२:२२, १० जुलाई २०१७ (UTC)

RamBot कृते अनुमतिः

नमः सर्वेभ्यः, कस्यचित् विकिपीडिया-समूहस्य कृते बॉट-कार्यम् अत्यन्तं महत्त्वपूर्णं भवति। यतो हि तेन समानकार्याणि सहजतया भवति, सदस्यानां समयः तादृशे समाने कार्ये न गच्छेत् इति। संस्कृतविकिपीडिया-जाले बॉट् कार्यम् अतीव मन्दम् उत नगण्यम् अस्ति। तस्मिन् वृद्धौ सति अनेकानि व्यवस्थापनकार्याणि पूर्णानि भवेयुः। अतः अहं सदस्यः:RamBot इत्यस्य बॉट-लेखायाः निर्माणम् अकरवम्। तस्य कृते अधिकाराय कृपया स्वस्य परामर्शान् अत्र लिखतु। अस्तु। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०७:२९, १२ जुलाई २०१७ (UTC)

टप्पिणी

Could you please describe what specific task/s you want to accomplish with this bot? MikeLynch (चर्चा) ११:२५, २४ अगस्त २०१७ (UTC)

@MikeLynch:! other wikipedias have bot for different purpose so in future the bot usage may go vast. But now I have three kinds of works.

1. Common errors. - महत्त्वम् is the proper word but mostly people write महत्वम्। Before bot knowledge I was doing this manually. But after MWT I came to know about these kinds of bots. I have also made list for this.
2. Common Works - You can see in sa.wiki most of pages have so many problems. Like absence of reference, external links and dead ends. I want to categorize and improve those articles.
3. Double redirects, template work, images, link related problems etc also can be found in sa.wiki and like other wikipedias we also can manage it by bot.

Thank you.:) ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०४:४८, २५ अगस्त २०१७ (UTC)

Please describe exactly what the bot does on the userpage of the bot, with as many details as possible, and update it as you add more functionalities. You should keep in mind the general guidelines as written in en:Wikipedia:Creating_a_bot#Overview_of_the_process_of_developing_a_bot. You should realise that automating tasks can go horribly wrong, so it is a huge responsibility (and you as the bot owner take full responsibility for its edits). MikeLynch (चर्चा) १५:१४, २८ अगस्त २०१७ (UTC)

And also, if possible, and preferably, you could make your code open source and keep it well documented. MikeLynch (चर्चा) १५:१५, २८ अगस्त २०१७ (UTC)

@MikeLynch:! I have read that guideline and after that only I came to you. As you told me to give more details, but firstly I will make that word correction bot. About that you can see this link. I have read bot responsibilities and result of harm. I will not do a single work without two or more experienced Wikipedian's (Bot Users) suggestion. Secondly my all code will be open. Moreover I always discuss with community and after that only bot job will be done. Thank you. ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०४:३६, ३० अगस्त २०१७ (UTC)

Done. MikeLynch (चर्चा) ०८:३८, १३ सितम्बर २०१७ (UTC)

Thank you SO much. ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०८:४१, १३ सितम्बर २०१७ (UTC)

बॉट AWB मध्ये चालनीयं भवति। अतः अनेन अधिकारेण सह AWB अधिकारः अपि दीयते। ॐNehalDaveND•✉•✎ ०८:४२, ४ अक्तूबर २०१७ (UTC)

Page Previews (Hovercards) update

Hello,

A quick update on the progress of enabling Page Previews (previously named Hovercards) on this project. Page Previews provide a preview of any linked article, giving readers a quick understanding of a related article without leaving the current page. As mentioned in December we're preparing to remove the feature from Beta and make it the default behavior for logged-out users. We have recently made a large update to the code which fixes most outstanding bugs.

Due to some issues with our instrumentation, we delayed our deployment by a few months. We are finally ready to deploy the feature. Page Previews will be off by default and available in the user preferences page for logged-in users the week of July 24th. The feature will be on by default for current beta users and logged-out users. If you would like to preview the feature, you can enable it as a beta feature. For more information see Page Previews. Questions can be left on the talk page in your preferred language.

Thank you again.

CKoerner (WMF) (talk) २२:३२, २० जुलाई २०१७ (UTC)

RfC regarding "Interlinking of accounts involved with paid editing to decrease impersonation"

There is currently a RfC open on Meta regarding "requiring those involved with paid editing on Wikipedia to link on their user page to all other active accounts through which they advertise paid Wikipedia editing business."

Note this is to apply to Wikipedia and not necessarily other sister projects, this is only to apply to websites where people are specifically advertising that they will edit Wikipedia for pay and not any other personal, professional, or social media accounts a person may have.

Please comment on meta. Thanks. Send on behalf of User:Doc James.

MediaWiki message delivery (चर्चा) २१:०६, १७ सितम्बर २०१७ (UTC)

Discussion on synced reading lists

Discussion on synced reading lists

Hello,

The Reading Infrastructure team at the Wikimedia Foundation is developing a cross-platform reading list service for the mobile Wikipedia app. Reading lists are like bookmark folders in your web browser. They allow readers using the Wikipedia app to bookmark pages into folders to read later. This includes reading offline. Reading lists do not create or alter content in any way.

To create Reading Lists, app users will register an account and marked pages will be tied to that account. Reading List account preferences sync between devices. You can read the same pages on different mobile platforms (tablets, phones). This is the first time we are syncing preference data between devices in such a way. We want to hear and address concerns about privacy and data security. We also want to explain why the current watchlist system is not being adapted for this purpose.

Background

In 2016 the Android team replaced the simple Saved Pages feature with Reading Lists. Reading Lists allow users to bookmark pages into folders and for reading offline. The intent of this feature was to allow "syncing" of these lists for users with many devices. Due to overlap with the Gather feature and related community concerns, this part was put on hold.

The Android team has identified this lack of synching as a major area of complaint from users. They expect lists to sync. The iOS team has held off implementing Reading Lists, as syncing was seen as a "must have" for this feature. A recent technical RfC has allowed these user stories and needs to be unblocked. Initially for Android, then iOS, and with web to potentially follow.

Reading lists are private, stored as part of a user's account, not as a public wiki page. There is no sharing or publishing ability for reading lists. No planned work to make these public. The target audience are people that read Wikipedia and want to bookmark and organize that content in the app. There is a potential for the feature to be available on the web in the future.

Why not watchlists

Watchlists offer similar functionality to Reading Lists. The Reading Infrastructure team evaluated watchlist infrastructure before exploring other options. In general, the needs of watchlists differ from Reading Lists in a few key ways:

• Reading lists focus on Reading articles, not the monitoring of changes.
• Watchlists are focused on monitoring changes of pages/revisions.
  • The Watchlist infrastructure is key to our contributor community for monitoring content changes manually and through the use of automated tools (bots). Because of these needs, expanding the scope of Watchlists to reading purposes will only make the project harder to maintain and add more constraints.
• By keeping the projects separate it is easier to scale resources. We can serve these two different audiences and prioritize the work accordingly. Reading Lists are, by their nature, less critical to the health of Wikipedia/MediaWiki.
• Multi-project support. Reading Lists are by design cross-wiki/project. Watchlists are tied to specific wikis. While there have been many discussion for making them cross-wiki, resolution is not in the near term.

More information can be found on MediaWiki.org where feedback and ideas are welcome.

Thank you

CKoerner (WMF) (talk) २०:३५, २० सितम्बर २०१७ (UTC)

Please help

Please help me on what does the script mean?

Hello fellow Wikipedian, I am Tokeisan from Vietnamese Wikipedia

My friend has just given me this silver ring but I dont know what extractly the text means (thought he said it is the six true words OM MANI PADME HUM) can you give me some explanation as I cant wear a ring without knowing the full meaning. And also dont want to make him sad by rejecting his gift for me.

Thank you very much for your help. Tokeisan (चर्चा) १८:३५, २ अक्तूबर २०१७ (UTC)

Changes to the global ban policy

Hello. Some changes to the community global ban policy have been proposed. Your comments are welcome at m:Requests for comment/Improvement of global ban policy. Please translate this message to your language, if needed. Cordially. Matiia (Matiia) ००:३४, १२ नवम्बर २०१७ (UTC)

New print to pdf feature for mobile web readers

New print to pdf feature for mobile web readers

The Readers web team will be deploying a new feature this week to make it easier to download PDF versions of articles on the mobile website.

Providing better offline functionality was one of the highlighted areas from the research done by the New Readers team in Mexico, Nigeria, and India. The teams created a prototype for mobile PDFs which was evaluated by user research and community feedback. The prototype evaluation received positive feedback and results, so development continued.

For the initial deployment, the feature will be available to Google Chrome browsers on Android. Support for other mobile browsers to come in the future. For Chrome, the feature will use the native Android print functionality. Users can choose to download a webpage as a PDF. Mobile print styles will be used for these PDFs to ensure optimal readability for smaller screens.

The feature is available starting Wednesday, Nov 15. For more information, see the project page on MediaWiki.org.

कृतज्ञतां निवेदयामि !

CKoerner (WMF) (talk) २२:०७, २० नवम्बर २०१७ (UTC)